Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances , the state officialdom was more than a bureaucracy . |
| 2 | The fact was that Corbett was more than a bit of an embarrassment . |
| 3 | ‘ If it helps you make up your mind , Mrs Diamond , I should tell you that I 'm a friend of Heather 's rather than a friend of her family … if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 4 | The twinning budget on Grenoble City Council is more than a million pounds . |
| 5 | Well in Britain we decided we 'd be on the safe side , we 'll reduce that to a thousand we put another factor of ten in and what 's more i if one sheep in , in a whole flock is more than a thousand units , er then we will condemn the whole flock . |
| 6 | Dortmund 's less than a hundred miles , mostly by Autobahn , so you could have been there by midnight . |
| 7 | As is well known , the boycott was less than a resounding success in terms of popular reactions , and , as an organized nation-wide affair , was called off after only a single day . |
| 8 | The proportion of premature births was almost three times as high if the interval was less than a year . |
| 9 | But this intervention was more than a defence of English interests in north-eastern France . |
| 10 | This was n't a fair challenge , Harry being more than a head taller than Sam and built like an ox . |
| 11 | Sophie glanced at Joanna , who shrugged , then at Helen , who was looking anxious , and , although Mr Greenwood 's attitude towards professional etiquette was more than a little arrogant , the last thing she wanted to do was to upset her godmother . |
| 12 | And he insisted the new service was more than a temporary offer , declaring : ‘ This is n't a promotion — it is for always . ’ |
| 13 | The reply of Jesus states clearly that Jesus was more than a prophet . |
| 14 | A truth of modern warfare , which was first disclosed in the Russo-Japanese War ( 1904–5 ) , had been underscored though leaders on neither side fully comprehended it as yet ; defensive weaponry was more than a match for charging infantry . |
| 15 | On the political left , a popular approach was to adopt the terminology of the long-dead Italian Marxist , Antonio Gramsci , to argue that Thatcherism was more than a governmental system , more even than an ideological banner . |
| 16 | Presley City 's up-town morning traffic was less than a match for it . |
| 17 | Although the original intention was to devote every Thursday morning during the autumn term to the project , the time spent each week was less than a morning as pupils from Sutton School had to be transported one and half miles to Russells Hall , and other events such as school assemblies delayed the start each Thursday . |
| 18 | The declaration of policy was more than a statement of priorities and objectives , designed to disavow as misdirected Mr Benn 's essay in Industrial Co-operation and to restore credibility to the idea — and , incidentally , to meet Signor Prandini 's dismissive criticism . |
| 19 | Hamid was more than a million dollars richer and the second Iranian-born player in three years to be crowned world champion . |
| 20 | Sitting in the cinema one evening a woman was more than a little surprised to see a man walk in just before the film began with his pet crocodile at his side . |
| 21 | Ace was more than a frontier auxiliary , Defries had realized that on meeting her , but she was no academic , and certainly no civilian . |
| 22 | But God was more than a heavenly speaking clock to Richie . |
| 23 | McCartney was less than a year older and even Ringo , the ‘ old man ’ of '60s pop was just 23 . |
| 24 | Gloom and despondency hung over the royal party and Anne was more than a little resentful of having been required to join them in sanctuary . |
| 25 | The beach was less than a furlong from the centre . |
| 26 | For the United States , the assimilation of wave after wave of immigrants into an egalitarian society was more than a pious hope . |
| 27 | I suspect his own life was more than a match for the movies , although he did like to imitate Hopalong Cassidy . |
| 28 | The transcendent importance of this constitution in the subsequent history of Spanish constitutionalism conceals that liberalism was more than a political creed . |
| 29 | Her address was less than a mile from the shop , but Folly had asked Lisa to keep it until last in the route she had mapped out . |
| 30 | The argument between Watson and Forbes was more than a mere priority dispute — it reflected a basic disagreement over the purpose of gathering geographical information . |